Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, dean of the College of Cardinals, blesses the coffin as he leads the funeral Mass of Pope Francis in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican on April 26, 2025.

The Introit, Prayers, Epistle and Gospel change in each Mass to correspond with the feast celebrated. Q. 934. What is the part of the Mass called in which the Words of Consecration are found?

Excitement, shock in Rome as first American pope, Leo XIV, elected 16:17. Pope Leo XVI will be formally installed as pontiff when he holds his inaugural public Mass at St. Peter's Square on May 18 ...

Instead of seeing the Latin Mass as a source of vitality in the Church, Francis denounces it as a rallying point of dissent. The celebration of the old rite, he argued in a letter to bishops that ...

Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, dean of the College of Cardinals, delivered this homily at the “Pro Eligendo Romano Pontifice" (“For the Election of the Roman Pontiff”) Mass in St. Peter’s ...

Pope Leo XIV, the former Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, waves after walking onto the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican May 8, 2025, following his election during the conclave.

Though Pope Leo XIV is on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean, the pontiff’s supporters will get to hear from him at a Mass and celebration of his election next month at Rate Field.. Pope Leo ...